Suppose a new cost-saving device will generate $1,000 net savings per year to a firm. The device costs $10,000. Should the firm purchase the device?

A) definitely
B) absolutely not
C) The firm is indifferent between buying the device and not.
D) More information is required to answer.


D

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As a consumer moves rightward along an indifference curve, the

A) consumer remains indifferent among the different combinations of goods. B) consumer generally prefers the combinations of goods farther rightward along the indifference curve. C) income required to buy the combinations of the goods always increases. D) relative price of both goods falls.

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Which U.S. president, when asked why he had proposed a tax cut, responded by saying "To stimulate the economy. Don't you remember your Economics 101?"

a. Dwight D. Eisenhower b. John F. Kennedy c. Ronald Reagan d. Bill Clinton

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